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Barbie Around the World: Identification & Values, 1964-2007

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Once again, Michael Augustyniak gives us another wonderfully informative book, but this time on those very hard to find Barbie dolls from the foreign markets. Michael breaks the book down by country, and those include, Australia, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Europe, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan and Venezuela.

As in his other books, Michael gives a picture of the doll and a close up on the face. Barbie, Ken, Skipper and Kelly, among others, are featured. The years range from 1964 to 2007 with over 350 pages and a break down of Barbie's foreign family tree and celebrity friends. With this overwhelming task of finding these obscure dolls, some lines are not complete, but this book is well worth the price for any Barbie collector.

This is a useful and fun book about Barbie dolls around the world.

Barbie Doll Around the World: Identification & Values 1964-2007 is a top pick for any specialty Barbie collection or for lending libraries seeking to go beyond the general antiques and collectibles guides to get specific about the most collectible items. Barbie dolls are among the most highly collected types of dolls, so if you're a public lending library seeking a popular collectible guide, make it BARBIE DOLL AROUND THE WORLD: it covers all kinds of Barbie collectibles, not just USA issues.

Good job indeed! I always like Augustyniak's works as he's very accurate in his descriptions and shares also lovely pictures of dolls which are important to guide collectors within the huge world of Barbie dolls. I especially appreciated this book about international versions of dolls as I'm Italian and recognized many of them as sold in my country alone. It was also useful to know about special editions from other countries such as Japan or Philippines. Thanks Michael, as I said: a good job indeed! :-)

I love this book and I always discover something new each time I open it!
Maybe it isn't exhaustive (I couldn't find some Italian Barbie dolls), but surely it's an excellent starting point!

I just received this awesome book yesterday. Words just amazed me. This book is great if you need to inventory your collection of dolls. I highly recommend this book to any doll collector or anyone who loves dolls.

At first I really thought this was another book, it seemed to have the same dolls in the book as the 2008 book, but you have to take a closer look, these dolls that are in this book are dolls that were made in other countries. NOT USA , this is a cool book, I had a doll that I could not find, come to find out it was made in India and this book helped me find that out. Great source of finding out if the doll is made in another country also another way to tell is the doll will say Mattel India on the back of the box or where the logo is. But it is another great book. And will give you a basic start price for your doll. Enjoy & Thanks !!

I expected the Foreign designers of Barbie to blow my mind but I was disappointed. Particularly good were the cultural costumed Barbies from India and the Philippines but only in a minor way. This is a book to be perused at the local library or bookstore. It may not be the author's fault if he did not receive cooperation from the foreign Mattel offices or if the foreign designers are really not earning their pay. Ultimately, we Americans are not missing out. This book did contain many playline Barbies also sold in the United States. I recommend the Encyclopedia of Collector Barbies.